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4917558 No.4917558 [Reply] [Original]

Are Flashcart users the most smug individuals in the gaming world?

>> No.4917562

>>4917558
Well, why wouldn't they be? They get to laugh at both the emulator users and their inaccurate buggy shit, and the collectors getting scalped by speculators.

>> No.4917569

I play on RetroArch with run-ahead because consoles (which I have) are too laggy.

>> No.4917575

>>4917562
> their inaccurate buggy shit
> be you
> never used an emulator or real machine
perhaps shutting the fuck up might be in order? quite a few flashcarts have not even been able to get close to cloning all the custom chips used in various carts over the years. you let me know when someone releases a flash cart than can emulate all of the NES and SNES custom chips. KEK.

>> No.4917576

So far I have just the Genesis everdrive, but I plan on getting more. It's actually really cool limiting myself to just the Genesis library though. I've discovered so many awesome games

>> No.4917584

>>4917558
no, they're just retards who were never around in the 1990s or could afford a cart to disk backup device back then (or had any connections to the piracy scene). now these obese, fedora wearing retards, with their ROM collections downloaded from cancer such as no-intro, think they're experts. sadly, they're just talentless and obese retards and will forever be talentless and obese retards. must suck being a zoomer and having no heritage to look back on. makes me smile anyway.

>> No.4917586

>>4917576
is one of the best consoles ever released. the library is awesome.

>> No.4917589

>>4917558
>Two fucking watermarks

>> No.4917590

>>4917584
>piracy scene
lmao

>> No.4917592

>>4917590
> zoomers with no talent, history and fedora wearing skillz
TOP KEK

>> No.4917595

Are there any flashcarts for Genesis, SFC or 64 in Aliexpress? Ebay isn't an option to me

>> No.4917613

Flashcarting is great if you actually play the games. Collecting is great if you actually play the games. Emulating is great if you actually play the games. The only thing that fucking matters is if you actually play the games.

>> No.4917636

>>4917613
I own 200+ physical cartridges for various systems and I think flash carts are still dope to play hacks and demos.

>> No.4917668

>>4917595
Why bother when every worthwhile Genesis game can be bought for less?

>> No.4917673

>>4917613
Retro-exclusive gamers almost never play the games. If they did, they'd be aware the indie scene has surpassed everything retro.

>> No.4917684

>>4917575
Yeah but they don't run them inaccuratly.
They just don't run them at all.

>> No.4917712

>>4917673
Well to be fair it's not like people who only play modern games don't pick up new releases or Steam games and never play them.

>the indie scene has surpassed everything retro
Jesus Christ what? There are so many classic genres that are dead or on life support you'd have to be incredibly ignorant to believe something like that. I'm not saying all modern indies are bad but they're nowhere near there yet, especially when it comes to 2D.

>> No.4917716

Anyone else have a console but prefer to emulate a better hardware version of it?

>> No.4917720

>>4917712
What's an example of a dead genre that should still be alive?

>> No.4917732

>>4917720
Rhythm games with a story. Non-ecchi rail shooters. Beat 'em ups without RPG mechanics.

>> No.4917736

>>4917636
Pretty much this. I've been playing Starfox 2 on a real SNES this week thanks to the SD2SNES.

>> No.4917743

>>4917590
>t. Lamer access level on every 0-day board in the area code

>> No.4917753

>>4917732
I never liked arcade games. I had a Genesis and was envious of everyone with a Stupid NoFriendo and stable home life.

What's an example of a retro rhythm game with a story? Do you mean like PaRappa?

>> No.4917762

>>4917753
Parappa, Lammy, Space Channel 5, Gitaroo Man. Even less-storycentric rhythm games like Bust-a-Move/Groove were still pretty creative.

>> No.4917801 [DELETED] 

>>4917673
kill yourself
http://insomnia.ac/commentary/the_myth_of_independence/
http://culture.vg/reviews/in-depth/introducing-the-indie-scene.html

>> No.4917809

>>4917801
Interesting read, thanks

>> No.4917817

>>4917569
seething

>> No.4917818

>>4917817
They really are too laggy on my fastest LCD which I play on because cancer ray tubes make my eyes hurt with their non-persistence.

>> No.4917926

>>4917558
>pirating

>> No.4917945

>>4917817
Why are you seething? You could use RA, too. Not like that anon downloaded the last copy or something.

>> No.4917953

>>4917558
judging by /vr/ they seem to be the chillest desu.

emulator dudes are elitists as are the real hardware collector dudes.
flashcart dudes seem to just wanna play games on the original console without paying a ton

>> No.4918183

>>4917801
gb2bed icycalm.

>> No.4918208

>>4917953
I play original CD console games on PC, what am I?

>> No.4918330

>>4917558
How else can they justify paying $100+ for a placebo?

>> No.4918356

>>4918330
It's not placebo. There's concrete differences between the actual console and emulator. My desktop PC doesn't have enough processing power to run all the shaders to make it look the same.

>> No.4918369

>>4918356
>shaders
found your problem!

>> No.4918408

I find console warriors to be way worse. And of those the N64 kids are the bottom of the barrel. I don't have a flash cart for any of my consoles, but their appeal is clear. What I can't understand is why someone would ignore an entire console library based on a decision their mom made 20 years ago, and desperately try to convince everyone around them to adopt their same poor worldview.

>> No.4918429

>>4917743
What did you even say lool

>> No.4918440

>>4918369
>playing pixelshit

>> No.4918506

>>4917584
It's there anything wrong with no into or is he just retarded?

>> No.4918521

>>4918506
Nothing wrong with it. The name comes from their original mission of removing intros release groups were adding to GBA ROMs.

>> No.4918541

I like flashcarts so I can play translations, romhacks and unreleased games. That almost doubles the game library for a system.

>> No.4918547

>>4918541
How many have you actually played?

>> No.4918554

>>4918521
Ah, I always wondered why they had that name, frankly, it's kind of an abysmal choice out of that context. I first I legit thought their releases might have games with their original intros removed, had to figure out they were actually the good ones.

>> No.4918574

>>4918547
Its nice to have options.

>> No.4918592

I was a retro gamer in 2002 but then I realized how much of a wanker I was being and ended that phase.

>> No.4918639

>>4918554
I dunno, some of those intros were pretty ballin

>> No.4918645

>>4918639
How much did they add to the file size? How much time did they add before getting to the game?

>> No.4918649

>>4917558
What if I do all three? (Flashcarting, emulating, collecting)

As far as priority goes, the real thing comes first. If it's not a fair price, I go for copies. And if neither is viable, it's time to download that shit.

>> No.4918650

>>4918645
Varies a lot in both cases.
Filesize always remains under the chip size for obvious reasons.

>> No.4918802

>>4918429
You need to be at least 18 to post here

>> No.4918874

>>4917558
Pirating is for Poor Cucks. I'm happy with having physical copies of games.

>> No.4918894

>>4917801
Fuck off with your garbage poorly written blog. Go buy a banner if you want to advertise on here.

>> No.4919225

>>4918874
And I'm happy with selling them to you at ridiculous prices.
Thanks again :^)

>> No.4919325

>>4918521
thank fuck, some of those intros lasted way too goddamn long. looking at you mode7.

most smug group in retrogaming is the anti-piracy dickheads who insist that you support the developer 30 years after the fact.

>> No.4919341

>>4919325

I'm half-convinced most of them are just resellers trying to guilt-trip people all the way to their ebay store, I can't fathom these people actually give a shit whether people buy decades-old games or not. In most every case you're not even 'supporting the developer', just whoever has the copy.

>> No.4919352

>>4917575
>you let me know when someone releases a flash cart than can emulate all of the NES and SNES custom chips

But why would you want all those games?

>> No.4919513
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4919513

>>4917558

I do all three. Emus on PC, flashcarts on console hardware, real games,

>> No.4919995

>>4917558
Nope. Young dumb broke highschool kids who make up words like "flashcarting" are.

>> No.4920098
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4920098

gba supercard cf best purchase of my life its still going strong

>> No.4920840

>>4919225
I bought $400 dollars worth of Sega Master System games and accessories(with the game system included) for only $60 on FB market place and made back my money on ebay(selling King's Quest and Montezuma's Revenge complete, for $80 each). Obviously you never sold anything to me.

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>>4917576
Funny how that works right? When only one option is available you explore the fuck out of it and get deeply familiar with it, and that feels good. When you have immediate access to everything then nothing seems worth getting involved with.
Guac unrelated.

>> No.4920980

>>4920851
There's probably a more specific term for it, but that's information overload. Given too many options, the human brain sort of gives up on deciding.

>> No.4920990

>>4917562
A flash cart is a glorified multi cart. Not saying i dont have a use of them, but i guess im one of those collectors that likes to go through my collection so often looking at the art reading through the manuals and sometimes selling off games that no longer satisfy my urges. I dont go overboard, but i also realize that this shit can be expensive. Its not a poorfag hobby. You cant afford earthbound, maybe you shpuld be focusing on how not to be such a poor bitch. Hustleother fucker, hustle

>> No.4921001

>>4920990
>Deal with RARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUPER MARIO WORLD SUPER NES SNES NINTENDO RETRO VINTAGE GAMING CARTRIDGE CLASSIC!! RARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>or
>Deal with spending $200 and having every SNES game
Hmm

>> No.4921006

flashcarts ruin your console

>> No.4921016

>>4921006
Disproven, dbElectronics is a hack

>> No.4921025

>>4921001
I bough super mario world, yoshis island, dkc 123 and megaman for like 25 bucks. Albiet, they are famicom, but there is little to no reading and everything is pretty straight forward. It actually spurred me to learn japanese. I realize that this is a lifelong thing that I'm not going to stop playing these video games anytime soon not. only do I want to play these Japanese games, because they are do cheap, but so many different types of extra Japanese games for PS, Saturn, snes, n64, etc... exist and most of the time the localization translation for games or just shit and change a lot of stuff and also the American localization have censored things. So, why not learn japanese and get the most out of videogames?

>> No.4921027

>>4921025
** meganman x, super famicom

>> No.4921037

>>4920990
No need to justify what you paid for Earthbound man. That's your choice. I'd personally rather play the entire library for the same price though.

>> No.4921071

>>4921037
Ive played earthbound on cart and emulation. Didnt like it either way, and font own it anymore. I was just using it as an example. A retort to people constantly bitching about the price of retro gaming like its diabetes medication.

>> No.4921125

>>4921025
>why not learn japanese and get the most out of videogames
Maybe that's a cool thing for you, but personally I don't give a shit about Japan in any way other than what entertainment they export. I don't really care about whatever stuff if Japan exclusive- anything compelling already has a fan translation romhack. Modern stuff doesn't, but I don't really care about modern stuff.

>> No.4921128

>>4921125
>anything compelling already has a fan translation romhack

Uhhh, no. Theres hundreds of games that are japanese exclusives that dont have translations and how well do you think fan translations are? Luckily aeon genesis is a nice person or you would be shit outa luck.

>> No.4921143

>>4921128
>japanese exclusives that dont have translations
Like I said, I haven't found a Japanese only game that's compelling enough for me to want to play that hasn't already had a fan translation done
>how well do you think fan translations are
I don't give a shit, man. I've played a grand total of two (2), I don't think about this shit often.

>> No.4922115

>>4917558
I just don't understand the fucked up mentality that goes into buying Flashcarts.

See, I could get collecting. Both the value and the sentimentality factor are real things. I can also get emulating, if all you're after is the ability to play the game.

But paying real money for fake copies? Worse, being proud of your knock-offs? It's like going to someone's house and they've got shelves full of bootleg shaky-cam movies they've spent a fortune on.

>> No.4922123

>>4921143
Then why start an argument about something you know zero shits about?

>> No.4922132

>>4922115

What you're describing are repros, not flashcarts. Yes, they're stupid.

>> No.4922134

>>4922115
They run all the games on a CRT with no input lag. My laptop doesn't do that

>> No.4922158

>>4922123
I just wanted to give my input, have a conversation, shoot some shit. I don't know when this turned into an argument, man.

>> No.4922171

>>4922115
It's more akin to someone who has exactly one Blu-ray that cost them $800 that gives them any movie they want in Blu-ray quality.
I agree there's nothing ~*~magical~*~ about flash carts, but certainly you realize that flash carts are probably the easiest way to get a console's library running on original hardware. Depending on how much you value your time, it might even be cheaper than collecting, given how much bullshit is involved with buying retro games. Certainly cheaper if you ever want to play Earthbound.

>> No.4922175

>>4922158
Ok, then.

I can reccomend some awesome nip exclusives that can be played without a translation. Mostly ps1, but a few snes and saturn games as well.

>> No.4922178

>>4922175
Go for it

>> No.4922181

>>4922158

You're wasting your time talking to the autists here, man. The dude unironically called Aeon Genesis a nice person, I can't fathom the degree of mental damage behind such a statement.

>> No.4922305

>>4922178

Ikki - famicom
Tokaido 53 tsugi - famicom
Chakn pop - famicom
Jajamaru no daiboken - famicom
Ninja kun kid majo no bouken - famicom
Ninja jajamaru kun - famicom
Nangoku shone papuwa kun - sfc
Kunio kun no dodgeball - sfc
Battle dodgeball - sfc
Dodgeball danpai - sfc
Hoshi no kirby 3 - sfc (probably has translation)
Super bomberman 5 - sfc
Gun griffon 2 - saturn
Pop n tanks - ps1
Rakugaki showtime - ps1
Gussun oyoyo - ps1
Yoyo puzzle park - ps1(pal or jntsc)
Building crush - ps1
Bamin kids - ps1

>> No.4922318

flashcart users who buy chinese clones instead of giving money to some ukranian elitist guy are the best.

>> No.4922392

>>4917575
jesus what a flaming faggot, never mind your retarded opinion, the formatting and wording alone, fucking neck yourself and hurry up about it

>> No.4924689

>>4917636
This. Fan translations and rom hacks are the least reason to have one.

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4924695

>>4917558
It won't last long...

>> No.4924708

>>4924695
Citation needed

>> No.4924710

>>4924708
Google the article title. They go into the science of it that sounds pretty good to me, as a layman.

>> No.4924732

>>4924710
Okay there's that, but not all consoles are created equal anon. Yeah, they all have silicon in them, but there's different CPUs and sound chips to take in to account.

>> No.4924743

>>4924695
>>4924710
See>>4921016.

>> No.4924751

>>4921016
>>4924743
Wow, compelling counter-evidence you guys have there.

>> No.4924768

>>4924708
>When the console outputs 5V into a 3.3V input the extra voltage must go somewhere; 1st law of thermodynamics. It is converted to heat through the unintended conduction of clamping diodes, which can be harmful to integrated circuits. These diodes are there for protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD), which are very short and infrequent bursts of energy. They are not designed for continuous conduction and, therefore, continuous heat dissipation. Let’s take a look into why this occurs.

>To understand what happens when a 5V signal is applied to a 3.3V input, we must first understand what a 3.3V input looks like. Typically, a digital input has 2 clamping diodes (D1 and D2 below) on its input to protect against small electrostatic discharges (ESD). When a logic high of 5V is applied to the circuit below, D1 starts conducting and essentially short circuits the additional voltage to the 3.3V supply. In certain flashcarts, including several Everdrive designs there is a small resistor (R1 – 100 ohms) to limit the short circuit current to approximately 12.5 mA between the 5V supply and 3.3V supply – this protection is inadequate since typical CMOS current ratings are ± 5.2mA.

>On other common devices, such as multicarts, there is no R1 and a logic high of 5V driven directly into the 3.3V flash results in a short circuit between the 5V and 3.3V supplies. In either case, this causes unnecessary and potentially damaging stress on both ends:

>+ On the console output since it is not designed to supply nearly 12.5mA (or more on multicarts) per pin
>+ On the 3.3V Flash input since the clamping diodes D1 and D2 are not designed to dissipate large amounts of heat

>http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/07/flash_carts_could_be_slowly_killing_your_retro_consoles

>> No.4924778 [DELETED] 

>>4917732
>Beat 'em ups without RPG mechanics.

river city ransom underground

>> No.4924779

>>4924768
Pinouts on cards and cartridges on different consoles are different. Yeah there's always stuff like the ground pin, and there something called aging of consoles

>> No.4924803

>>4917558
>Please get angry at this image I just made.

>> No.4924828

>>4922115
People buy flashcarts because they're too poor to afford actual copies of games. As for repro copies, that's a different story. Some people would not want to waste $500 on a game, so buying a cheaper alternative would be a better idea. As long as it's selling for cheap, I don't see the harm in buying a repo copy over an atrociously overpriced game.

What I don't understand is why people would want to buy flashcarts for a console, if they don't intend on collecting games for that console? Especially since that console can't output in HD, you would think people would rather save their money and not waste money on a console and instead just emulate these games on PC, right? I guess people are just morons.

>> No.4924842

>>4924828
1) why would you want to output in HD when playing on a CRT is better?
2) why do you assume everyone owns a PC?

>> No.4924868

>>4924842
You can get a refurb for around $100 that can run all retro. Stopping just short of Gamecube
and PS2. Of course that's just the tower.

>> No.4924902

>>4924868
It's not about money, it's about convenience. Desktop PCs are a thing of the past. I use my laptop occasionally but mostly just my smartphone. I'd rather sit on my couch and game in front of my retro setup.

>> No.4924921

>>4924828
People buy Flashcarts for the convenience of having the entire library on one cartridge, the ability to play ROM hacks, translations, cheat codes and even savestates in some cases.

>> No.4924930

>>4924842
1) Because HDTV's are better and clearer.
2) PC's are better, upgradable and can run newer games. Laptops and Tablets can't do any of that.

>> No.4924959

>>4917668
not in my shithole, this is why I asked

>> No.4924985

>>4924930
>HDTV's are better
For retro games, wrong
>PC's are better
Consoles have always been better to use than PCs unless you're a loner. For new games, get a PS4

>> No.4925036

>>4917586
>he library is awesome.
theres alot of low end shovelware

>> No.4925158

>>4925036
Not really. Compared to which library? NES is probably the worst for sheer amount of low end shit in a classic library.

>> No.4925196

>>4924930
>HDTvs are better and clearer
WRONG! Converting analog to digital and the upscale is not as clear as playing it on a crt. retard unless you use an external scaler maybe.

>> No.4927170

>>4917584
>cracks open a Monster

>> No.4927182

>>4918440
Looks good, don't like filters, shaders or fuzzy cancer ray tube displays.

>inb4 buh duh developers intended...!

>> No.4927185

>>4919513
This is how you do it.

Just play the games.

>> No.4927193

>>4917575
Or buy a flashcart for everything but those, and only buy the ones with special chips if you actually want them, thus getting the original experience at a fraction of the cost.

>> No.4927225

>>4920990
>Its not a poorfag hobby.
It sure as fuck IS a poorfag hobby, people around here will scream their heads off if a game is $10 too much, or complain if the guy shipping you a display stand isn't paying the $50 shipping fee.

Meanwhile if you collect guns, a shitass old Mosin Nagant "garbage rod" has tripled in price in the last decade, have fun spending $350+ on a rifle with the ergonomics of a boat oar and which shoots maybe a 4 inch wide grouping at 100 yards on a really good day.
If you want to have an AK47 clone, well the US market isn't pretty today, either you buy a ticking time bomb made by IO or CAI, or you pay what's really twice the 'appropriate' price for a Romanian one imported and modified by CAI, which is just barely passable.

How'd you like to pay $800 for a Gen 3 Sega Genesis? You retro geeks don't know how good you have it, the fact that emulation exists and works anywhere from 90% to %100 percent proper, and that flashcarts are as cheap as they are, is miraculous.
You can't emulate the experience of a gun, or a car, you need to make investments for things like these.

I don't see a lot of NeoGeo collectors around these parts, and probably because few of you faggots have very much money.

>> No.4927235

>>4924695
>Clickbait Narrative

Wasn't this myth bullshit destroyed!?

>> No.4927236

>>4922115
Except, dumbass, these are all the original roms stored on the flashcart, read by the console as if it was the real thing. The console can't tell the difference, and neither can you.

Playing both, they're not distinguishable, and a $200 flashcart you can load up with all the free roms you want, is certainly cheaper than buying each of those, especially given that shit like Little Samson easily goes at $700 for a genuine copy.

>> No.4927242

>>4924695
This sounds like a myth made up by crooked resellers.

>> No.4927248

>>4927235

Time and time again but this dude keeps posting it hoping people will get tired of replying and some schmuck will start believing it.

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4927256

>>4924842
>Cancer Ray Tubes are better

>> No.4927263

>>4925036
I can't think of any console which doesn't exhibit a lot of shovelware.
I guess maybe one that died prematurely.

>>4925158
The NES has a bunch of crap, but if you look back at the Atari 2600 or Commodore 64, they had so much fucking more.

>> No.4927271

Lol it's not like all the floppy based copiers murdered all the consoles of the people who used them in the 90s. Flash carts are harmless.

I buy SNES games with chips that the SD2SNES can't handle. Or I just play them on higan. I'm not honestly that bothered about having 100% compatibility. The $100 I spent to order the fucker from China pays for itself with the price of SNES games today. Also when it comes to gameboy games I don't want to worry about the internal battery of some shit I bought second hand. I'd rather play it on a flash cart and know it's going to be fine.

>> No.4927912

>>4927263
I think those systems are so primitive it's hard to compare but yeah you are correct. I started gaming on a 2600 but I rarely have the desire to go back to it.

>> No.4928090

>>4927225
>Meanwhile if you collect guns, a shitass old Mosin Nagant "garbage rod" has tripled in price in the last decade, have fun spending $350+ on a rifle with the ergonomics of a boat oar and which shoots maybe a 4 inch wide grouping at 100 yards on a really good day.
It hurts to hear such scathing criticism of my moist nugget.
Even if all of it is true.

>> No.4928114

>>4917558
I have no problem with anyone's style of enjoying their hobby.

I started out as a collector, because I'm old AF, and still have massive backlogs of original games and hardware that I would buy up as each new generation hit. I would simply buy up the games I wanted on the previous generation as people sold them off to make room for the new shit.

Now with several rooms overflowing with games I'll never get around to playing. flash carts have become a thing. They take less space, and often, I'll play a game on one even if I have the original media, simply because it's easier than finding the original media. I've moved several times, and not everything has made it out of totes.

I still like to support developers, and will obtain original media while the developer is still selling it. I'm also fond of buying collections if the developer will throw in a few easter eggs or behind the scenes extras.

Hell, Flashcarts are great if you're into a series that has several games that were never ported to your language., Fansubs on flashcarts are a godsend for completionists.

>> No.4928129

>>4927225
to bee fair, the nugget tripled in price because the market was depressed after a shitload of them became available all at once, and that supply is now exhausted, and because the gun is now a meme that autists feel they need.

>> No.4929623

>>4928129
I don't even think $300ish is that unreasonable given that you can generally score Mausers and Enfields for comparable prices, it's just that for $300, you can get a far better bolt-action rifle that can do everything these can, and more, short of featuring bayonet lugs.

There's good poorfag guns for utility, but anything that's interesting to collect is gonna be a good few hundred at the least, and many particularly cool ones easily approach and go beyond a thousand.

Meanwhile, for like $300 or so, you can get a SNES or Genesis, along with a flashcart, and enjoy hundreds of videogames. Hell, you can emulate for free.
Videogaming can be very economical.

>> No.4929642

>>4929623
It's not even that expensive if you know what you're doing. I paid about $50 for each console. I have a pre-tmss Genesis and a SNES mini. Looking to get an AV Famicom too. If you buy from junfangames on taobao using an agent instead of directly buying from the other everdrive resellers you can get sd2snes and all the latest everdrives for much less. I paid $100 for the Genesis one and $100 for the sd2snes. He's an official authorized seller so you can fully update everything just like you could if you bought through any of the others. Everything works fine on my sd2snes including MSU-1.

>> No.4929659

>>4929642
Thanks, but you don't need to hawk things at me, I emulate on a laptop with a gamepad. Easy to travel with and I save on expenses.

>> No.4929665

>>4929659
I mostly emulate while I travel, I've been in the Philippines since December and all my consoles are at home in the US. I really love the original hardware but I don't have an aversion to playing in other ways. I have a TV box running libreelec/emulationstation I use to play, my wife and her brothers like to play games on that too. Also I have a hacked vita I carry with me for whenever I want to play without having a TV.

>> No.4929667

>>4917575
only applies to very few games, flashcarts are the real thing.

>>4917584
lamo no they're just smart enough to want to play the games without being ripped off by collectors or so fucking dumb to want to nostalgia horde a bunch of worthless plastic like a fucking tragic man child. The speedrun scene has benefited massively from flash carts by mans of practice methods and accessibility to certain games that sell for dire prices. Players will always champion gay lord collectors.

>> No.4929669

>>4917753
>I never liked arcade games.
found the low test low i.q low skill spastic who girls found creepy and spends his time pretending to be gay elf in childishish story driven easy rpg drivel.

>> No.4929690

>>4924930
HDTVs are often less sharp than PC monitors, and have more lag than anything else. I still prefer LCD or OLED over CRT for the reduced eyestrain and perfect maintenance-free geometry.

>> No.4929694

>>4929669
Playing as a bishounen is the best :-)

>> No.4929781

>>4929669
You took that awfully personally.

>>4929694
Arcade style games can be really fun though.
What about a bishounen elf shootemup?

>> No.4929843

>>4929781
I'd play that. I actually came to appreciate arcade gameplay more as an adult. I didn't like Sonic too much as a kid because I didn't understand its design philosophy. 2's bonus levels are still shit. I wasn't impressed when it was new because I could see it was just playing an animation.

>> No.4929849

>>4929669

I have 1 CC'd almost all Metal Slug games and I think you should kill yourself.

>> No.4929908

>>4929843
I like the bonus levels in 2 better than the ones in 1 and 3. But usually I just skip them entirely. Sonic 2 has to be my favorite game of all time, for a long time it was the only game I owned and I logged so many hours on it.

>> No.4929934

>>4920980
>There's probably a more specific term for it
Tyranny of choice

>> No.4929946

>>4918874
>>4917926
Why do people get so upset that everyone can play the thing you can?

>> No.4929973

>>4920851
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan's_ass

>> No.4931109
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4931109

>>4924985
>console
>better for new games
I can understand using authentic hardware for older games/arcade/last gen consoles but most console games receive PC ports that are better than the console versions. Either you're retarded or a Sony fanboy.

>> No.4931114

>>4931109
I don't play online, I value couch coop and I don't own a desktop PC

>> No.4931128

>>4931114
Good, you only use it for co-op. Glad you're not retarded.

>> No.4931145

>>4929690
> for the reduced eyestrain

I and many others never experience eyestrain on CRTs, if you ask me I get more eyestrain on LCDs.

>and perfect maintenance-free geometry.

Yeah it's a bitch having to open it up and clean out the old geometry every night.

>> No.4931259

>>4931114
I enjoy multi-monitor couch co-op with my PC :-)

What PS4 games even have that?

>> No.4932553

>>4931145
Different dude, CRT doesn't much strain my eyes (though I never liked the fuzzy appearance, I felt crystal clear pixels looked nicer even as a kid), more it's that every CRT screen I've ever used, will produce some manner of high pitched ringing noise, like a subtle supersonic EEEEEEEEE.

Already having mild tinnitus, this doesn't exactly endear me, and didn't endear me as a little kid playing in the 90's either, sooner or later it'd start really getting to me and sometimes I had to stop.
PC CRTs were a bit better on this, the tube being capable of being quiet, though they'd start sporadically and I could only sometimes get it to stop by fiddling with the buttons and settings.
I'm told this is something that goes away with age, that only kids hear it, but I'm 26 and I still pick up on it.

>> No.4932562

>>4932553
It's more that TV CRTs operate at 15kHz which many people can hear, or 'feel' to an extent; and PC CRTs typically operate at 31kHz, which is above most human hearing. I've ruined some of my hi-frequenices playing live shows, and I can still hear a regular TV, but I can tune it out OK.